Vermont Public Radio will host a journalist in 2020 through the Report For America program to increase coverage of the Northeast Kingdom.
The journalist will be one of 250 emerging reporters placed in 164 news organizations across 46 states, VPR said. Report For America will pay half the salary for the one-year term; VPR and local fundraising will cover the remainder.
“VPR has been working toward more Vermonters hearing and seeing themselves in our coverage,” said Sarah Ashworth, Vice President of News. “Our reporter will live and work in the region and will weave the voices and perspectives of the Kingdom into our broader coverage of issues in Vermont.”
VPR President Scott Finn noted that VTDigger and the Valley News also will receive Report For America reporters. “It’s a big deal that our region will receive three Report For America journalists,” Finn said. “There’s been a scary drop in the number of journalists in Vermont, but with support from our members, we can preserve great journalism here and across rural America.”
Report For America is a national service program that places early-career journalists in local newsrooms to cover underreported issues and communities for one or two years.
Originally reported by Newport Dispatch.
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